-Tab Transposed by ear by Callum Boothroyd-
CAPO 7
This intro part was best put together on a 6 string as I could. It's played through most of the song.

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(NO CAPO)
[Verse]

            
On a dark dese

            
rt highway, co

ol wind in my 

hair
             
Warm smell of 

         
colitas rising

 up through th

e air
             
Up ahead in th

            
e distance, I 

saw a shimmeri

ng light

My head grew h

eavy and my si

ght grew dim

I had to stop 

for the night

            
There she stoo

              
d in the doorw

    
ay; I heard th

e mission bell
             
And I was thin

              
king to myself

              
 this could be

 
 heaven or thi

s could be hel

l
             
Then she lit u

           
p a candle, an

d she showed m

e the way
            
There were voi

              
ces down the c

         
orridor, I tho

ught I heard t

hem say


[Chorus]

             
Welcome to the

           
 Hotel Califor

nia.
           
Such a lovely 

              
place, such a 

 
lovely face
             
Plenty of room

              
 at the Hotel 

    
California
            
Any time of ye

              
ar (any time o

             
f year), you c

#
an find it her

e


[Verse]

            
Her mind is Ti

              
ffany-twisted,

 
 she got the M

ercedes bends
             
She got a lot 

           
of pretty, pre

tty boys she c

alls friends
             
How they dance

              
 in the courty

     
ard, sweet sum

mer sweat
            
Some dance to 

            
remember, some

 dance to forg

et

            
So I called up

              
 the Captain, 

 
"Please bring 

me my wine"
             
He said, "We h

              
aven't had tha

              
t spirit here 

      
since nineteen

 sixty nine"
             
And still thos

             
e voices are c

alling from fa

r away,

Wake you up in

 the middle of

 the night

Just to hear t

hem say...


[Chorus]

             
Welcome to the

           
 Hotel Califor

nia
           
Such a lovely 

              
place (such a 

              
lovely place),

        
 such a lovely

 face
             
They livin' it

              
 up at the Hot

       
el California
            
What a nice su

              
rprise (what a

              
 nice surprise

   
), bring your 

alibis


[Verse]

            
Mirrors on the

          
 ceiling, the 

pink champagne

 on ice
             
And she said '

              
We are all jus

              
t prisoners he

    
re, of our own

 device'
             
And in the mas

              
ter's chambers

  
, they gathere

d for the feas

t

They stab it w

ith their stee

ly knives,

But they just 

can't kill the

 beast

            
Last thing I r

         
emember, I was

 running for t

he door
             
I had to find 

              
the passage ba

          
ck to the plac

e I was before
             
Relax, said th

              
e night man, w

  
e are programm

ed to receive

You can check-

out any time y

ou like,

But you can ne

ver leave!